 Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction : once...  Journal of the Society of Arts - Page 241903Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 pages
...LXXXV. Clear, plaeid Leman ! thy eoatrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Whieh waras me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled...spring. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To wall me from distraetion ; onee I loved Torn oeean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 472 pages
...Darkness, ye are wondrous Strong, Yet lovely in your strength as is the light Of a dark eye in woman. 7. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar ; but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved That... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1851 - 468 pages
...Darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength as is the light Of a dark eye in woman. 7. This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar; but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved That I... | |
 | Jacob B. Wood - 1852 - 192 pages
...beautiful apostrophe: — " Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved 'I orn ocean's roar, hut thy soft murmuring, Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That... | |
 | Henry Philip Tappan - 1852 - 314 pages
...These express it all: " Clear placid Leman! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwell in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's voice reproved, That... | |
 | John Murray (Firm) - 1852 - 512 pages
...Calm. '• Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwell in, is a thing \Vhich warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled...quiet sail is as a noiseless wing To waft me from destruction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a Sister's... | |
 | David Bogue - 1852 - 416 pages
...31 Rue des Etuves. " Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake Earth's troubled waters for a purer spring; To waft me from distraction : once I loved This quiet sail IS as a noiseless wing Torn ocean's roar,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1853 - 1024 pages
...shall be slower. LXXXT. Clear, placid Leman '. thy contrasted lake, With the wild world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Tom ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That I... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...CORNWALL. THE LAKE OF GENEVA. CLEAR, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake, With the wide world I dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction ; once I loved Torn ocean's roar, but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That... | |
 | Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 pages
...leave vain man below. Clear, placid Leman ! thy contrasted lake With the wide world I've dwelt in, is a thing Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake...noiseless wing To waft me from distraction : once I loved Torn ocean's roar ; but thy soft murmuring Sounds sweet as if a sister's voice reproved, That... | |
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